Government offers help securing supplies in return for another 100 million doses by Q2. That would mean abandoning Pfizer’s preferred arms-length relationship.

President’s comments follow two revelations: Pfizer’s acknowledgement that it will not meet its previously-stated vaccine production goals for 2020, and the US government’s decide to pass on additional Pfizer doses which have since been allocated to other countries.

A fresh executive order from US president Joe Biden calls for short-term and long-term study, broad consultation, and co-ordination with allies on the domestic supply chain.